Fire ruins luxury home in Boca

Boca Raton — Despite the efforts of dozens of firefighters, a 5,000-square-foot luxury home on Sanctuary Lane was too far gone inside the flames to be salvaged Wednesday night.

The blaze was through the roof when firefighters arrived about 7:30 p.m. at the single-family home in The Sanctuary subdivision along the Intracoastal Waterway, said Boca Raton Fire Rescue spokesman Frank Correggio.

Trucks on the scene called for backup, and a truck was sent in from Delray Beach, Correggio said. Deerfield Beach and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue were put on standby in case Boca Raton had other calls that needed fire response.

The house was under renovation and no one was inside, he said. No one was hurt.

It took nearly two hours to put the fire down, as the house owner, who'd been summoned, watched the home burn. By then, the roof had caved in, Correggio said.

He said the state fire marshal was also on the scene and was investigating the fire's cause.

The house has a two-story guest house in the rear of the property, Correggio said, but firefighters were unable to reach it to see if it was damaged as well.